Rails - Jun 2006 - content_tag question

Am trying to insert a link to delete via ajax in my RJS template.

Can one use content_tag and link_to_remote like this in a RJS template?

a = content_tag(''a'', link_to_remote("Delete",
:update => "categories",
    								:url => {:action => "delete", :name =>
category.name}))

-Thanks.

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if @category && @category.errors.empty?
	a = content_tag(''a'', link_to_remote("Delete",
:update => "categories",
    								:url => {:action => "delete", :name =>
@category.name}))
	li = content_tag( ''li'', @category.name, "id" =>
@category.name )
	page.insert_html :bottom, ''categories'', li
	page.visual_effect :highlight, ''categories'', :duration =>
3
end

Basically I am trying to do the above and have this as the output
<li>some category [<a ...>Delete</a>]

1. Can one use content_tag and link_to_remote like this in a RJS 
template?

2. How do i add the "a" tag created above in the DOM?
I think I have to use a nested content_tag like
li = content_tag( ''li'',
                   @category.name content_tag("a", a),
                   "id" => @category.name )

But the above line seems to be incorrect .. seems like i cannot do 
something like  the third parameter above

Thanks.

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Putting it out here so that someone can point out if this is the optimal 
way to achieve the result above :

if @category && @category.errors.empty?
	a = content_tag(''span'',link_to_remote("Delete",
:update =>
"categories",
    								:url => {:action => "delete", :name =>
@category.name}))
	temp = @category.name + " [" + a + "] "
	li = content_tag( ''li'', temp, "id" =>
@category.name )
	page.insert_html :bottom, ''categories'', li
	page.visual_effect :highlight, ''categories'', :duration =>
3
end

it works .. instead of:
<li>some category [<a ...>Delete</a>]</li>

I get:
<li>some category <span>[<a
...>Delete</a>]</span></li>

Would still be interested in seeing a solution that produces the result 
without the span.

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